EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Other - Car accessories
Warning triangle — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00682/21
Summary
The stability of the warning triangle is inadequate. If the warning triangle is overturned or turned, it will not be visible and it could become an obstacle to the traffic, be struck by other vehicles and cause an accident. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Regulation No. 27.
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Product
Warning triangle
- Name / model
- Homologation number: E11 27R 043555n Art. Nr.: HXJ -2
- Barcode
- EAN: 8591686015232
- Category
- Other - Car accessories
- Warning triangle - consisting of four metal legs and a triangle of equilateral sides, on the front side of which there is a reflecting surface made of fluorescent material.
What is the risk?
- The stability of the warning triangle is inadequate. If the warning triangle is overturned or turned, it will not be visible and it could become an obstacle to the traffic, be struck by other vehicles and cause an accident. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Regulation No. 27.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 27/01/2021
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks
- Date of entry into force: 27/01/2021
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 27/01/2021
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